View of the Kemmelberg, two miles away to the east, from a ruined Loker. It’s time we rejoined our French corporal, Jean Parnin, who, when last heard of, had managed to regain the French lines, somewhere around where this photo was taken, after his heroics on the hill itself. Continue reading
We’ve seen Loker church before, but only from a distance. Continue reading
Way back in the first post of this tour, I mentioned that we would encounter four Demarcation Stones on our travels, and here’s number two. Continue reading
Locre No.10 Cemetery can be found about six hundred yards north of our previous stop in Dranouter, and not much further south of the village of Loker, as it is now known. Continue reading
Now there’s an interesting, if curious, still-life for you. Continue reading
Another postcard for you, although what you see is what you get; I have no information whatsoever about these men, the reverse of the card being blank. Nice picture though, don’t you think? Continue reading
Appropriately, on Remembrance Sunday, it’s time for us to return to the battlefields of Kemmel, where the churchyards and military cemeteries still tell their sad tale of death and sorrow. We begin Part Two of our tour at the rebuilt Dranoutre (now Dranouter) church, a mile and a half south west of Mont Kemmel. Continue reading
